“But I do make money by just having my songs in the background of television shows or in commercials, or movie trailers. “I have never really made money touring either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. “I have never made money selling records,” she reveals. With three houses and a luxurious lifestyle, her career has given her plenty of cash, and she’s not sorry. SIA is refreshingly honest when it comes to her success. Then we became friends and she was having some sort of healer at the house and so I went there,” she says. WHEN experiencing a “hard time” in Mexico, she was introduced to Demi Moore, who proceeded to ‘‘Mama Bear” her. Planning to check into a cheap hotel, she left instructions for her dog walker and the hotel manager, writing: “I’ve killed myself and I don’t want you to have to suffer seeing my dead body.”īut a timely call from a friend prompted her to re-evaluate, and she decided to enrol in a 12-step recovery program and take a break from her solo career. Two months before that attempt, Sia phoned her drug dealer and “ordered ‘two of everything’, except meth and heroin”. So it was only natural that she would connect with Glee star Lea Michele over her grief for boyfriend Cory Monteith, who died of a heroin overdose in 2013. IN 1997, Sia lost her Aussie boyfriend Dan Pontifex, who was killed in a road accident in London. They announced their split in June of 2011. Prior to that, Furler was in a relationship with a woman - electro-punk musician JD Samson. THE bisexual star (she has previously said in interviews that she falls in love with the person, not the gender) became engaged last month to filmmaker Erik Anders Lang. I’ll just take a picture with them,” she explains. She dressed herself and her band in masks and black costumes so crowds couldn’t see their faces on stage.Ĭlearly the star will go to extreme lengths to protect her anonymity, even physically turning her back during a performance or a photo opportunity, except for when it comes to her fans. However, as her addictions deepened, her behaviour became increasingly dark. In fact, there’s a clause in her contract that says she’s not required to do any promotion on an album. SIA has long been uncomfortable with the prospect of becoming famous. So here is everything you should know about Sia Furler. Kylie Minogue goes as far as saying that if you want a guaranteed hit, Sia is your go-to woman. Sia is the kind of star who likes to let her music do the talking - whether it is her own material or the songs behind some of the world’s biggest stars, including Beyonce, Rihanna, Celine Dion, Eminem, J Lo, Shakira, Katy Perry, Rita Ora and Christina Aguilera. SYDNEY CONFIDENTIAL: SIA OPENS UP ABOUT HER BATTLE WITH DRUGS SYDNEY CONFIDENTIAL: SIA SAYS SHE NEVER WANTED TO BE FAMOUS
After a couple of high-profile TV chats in the US in the past few weeks she has pulled out of publicising her latest album - but 1000 Forms of Fear entered the Billboard chart list at No. Yet at a time when the prevailing promotional mantra is “more is more”, Sia’s relatively reserved approach is paying off.
She is notoriously private and rarely gives interviews - she’s done even fewer photo shoots. The 38-year-old singer-songwriter has sold 25 million songs and written six albums, yet hates attention. But those really in the know would say it’s Australian songbird Sia Furler. ASK who is the queen of pop right now and most would say Beyonce, Lily Allen or Rihanna.